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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. NYSE: COUR), Udemy, Inc. NASDAQ: UDMY), and Nerdy, Inc. NYSE: NRDY).

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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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Facebook Classes has been compared to Udemy, an online course platform which raised hundreds of millions of dollars during the pandemic based on the idea that anyone can teach video classes. Meta’s learning offering could be most trouble for other tech behemoths like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, according to some speculations.

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Can a Subscription Model Work for Online Learners and Teachers? Skillshare Just Raised $28M to Find Out

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Udemy, founded the same year, now claims to have 24 million students and 35,000 teachers across the world, and recently opened up an office in Brazil this summer. Another household name is Lynda.com, now owned by Microsoft and whose courses are now also offered through LinkedIn. The exact breakdown can be a bit complex.)

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Top 80 Apps for Schools

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That’s why I have compiled a list of what I think, based on my long experience of reviewing hundreds of edtech apps, are some of the best apps for schools! Here are some of the best note taking apps to use in school: Google Keep Bear Evernote Notion SimpleNote Microsoft OneNote 6.

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What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers

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What Technology Does What: The Ultimate #edtech Chart For Teachers. iPad/iPad Mini, Nexus 7 , Nexus 9, Microsoft tablets (e.g., Google Drive (simple, but crude); Microsoft Word (probably a better choice, but it depends on what “ecology” students are plugged into); Zoho Docs. Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Excel.

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Saddle Up for Silicon Slopes! Our Guide to the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. edtech deals. We’ve really broadened the focus beyond edtech and into enterprise training and talent,” says the co-founder and managing partner at GSV Acceleration. Kamau Bell.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Udemy (skills training): $173 million. Microsoft bought three companies in 2018. “EdTech fails to pay, again,” The Financial Times chuckled. Coursera (online education): $210.1 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6

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